Everything We Know About Cecil The Lion’s Life And Death

On July 1, 2015, a black-maned lion named Cecil was illegally killed after being drawn out of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park reserve. While the incident made headlines in Zimbabwe upon discovery of the popular lion’s death, it wasn’t until the hunter that killed him was identified on July 27 that the story went viral across the Internet. Here’s everything you need to know about what happened.